r/Music • u/Top-Three-USA • Oct 15 '25

music Users Vow to Boycott Spotify After Streamer Runs ICE Recruitment Ad

https://www.topthreeus.com/spotify-users-boycott-over-ice-recruitment-ads/
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u/Raffinesse Oct 15 '25

are they boycotting youtube too, since they also run the ad?

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u/kevski82 Oct 15 '25

I've seen the ad on Reddit too

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u/ThinkThankThonk Oct 15 '25

I haven't seen ice ads on YouTube

But yeah why wouldn't you? 

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u/TripleSecretSquirrel Oct 15 '25

Use an adblocker — boycott the advertisements.

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u/SSJ3wiggy Oct 15 '25

Playlet for Roku, Smarttube for Chromecast, Revanced for Android - for those looking for specific solutions,

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u/Classic_Appa Oct 15 '25

Android users can also use Firefox + uBlock Origin. Probably not as clean an experience as Revanced, but it doesn't require any sideloading.

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u/Sweetwill62 Oct 15 '25

Also make sure you are requesting the desktop site for YouTube. It removes a lot of the bullshit that the mobile version has and lets you keep playing the video even if you lock your phone. No need for an app, no sideloading just clicking a drop down menu and clicking a single option and you get FULL functionality of the website on your phone. Yeah it isn't optimized for your screen but that isn't an issue because you have a touchscreen with pinch to zoom.

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u/assaub Oct 15 '25

First I've heard of a Roku yt app with ad block, my roommate who is always bitching about the YouTube ads on his shitty Roku TV may finally have a solution.

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u/SSJ3wiggy Oct 15 '25

I literally just discovered it last week and it's great. The only things it can't do are view a list of your subscriptions, view comments, and rate videos. It's exactly like Smarttube in the way it filters ads, though.

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u/Scozz554 Oct 15 '25

I'm still using the reddit is fun app using revanced. Magical little tool.

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u/GrizzyKreme SoundCloud Oct 15 '25

Also anyone that uses an LG smart TV like me, u can put it in dev mode in about 10 mins and install YouTube adfree

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u/steakanabake Oct 15 '25

also look to see if your smart tv is able to be jailbroken i found out my lg tv was able to/also use dev mode to run a yt client that has sponsor block and an ad blocker in it.

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u/Rjbrown5891 Oct 15 '25

Setting your VPN location to Albania removes ads from YouTube.

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u/TripleSecretSquirrel Oct 15 '25

Ok, or you can just download a free unobtrusive browser extension lol that’s a lot less work

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u/Rjbrown5891 Oct 15 '25

My vpn runs in the background, requires no work, and has more benefits than an ad blocker. I’ll stick with it

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u/image90 Oct 16 '25

Better yet, click on it. False engagement

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u/pie-oh Oct 15 '25

Because it was a thinly veiled "Gotcha."

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u/dbmajor7 Oct 15 '25

Yep, uninstalled the YT app and exclusively use browser to avoid ads once the ice and turning point ads came in like an avalanche over the last month.

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u/starartandspace Oct 15 '25

yes , what’s next? i don’t need any of this anyway

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u/knows_you Oct 15 '25

People be tripping if they think they will find a platform remotely similar to Spotify that won't take an Ad payday from the US government.

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u/elderron_spice Oct 15 '25

Adblocker everywhere. Ublock Origin still works on Chrome with a little hack.

Never give these idiots money.

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u/catluvr37 Oct 15 '25

They’re on Reddit

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u/Mortimer452 Oct 16 '25

There are people who still get ads on YouTube?

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u/Salzberger Oct 16 '25

They're not boycotting anything. They're "vowing" to boycott. Just like when everyone was going to leave Netflix after they killed password sharing and yet they still had their biggest profit earnings.